重点讲解：
1. step down 辞职；下台；让位；
He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.
他已拿定主意：他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地，因此决心辞职Ci&89pC@gTx3x。
2. hand over （把…）移交（给…）处理；
The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation.
现任领导层必须决定是否应退居二线，把重任移交给更为年轻的一代@M#-^(;TmShjxY。
3. took over 接替；接任；接手；
Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.
接替他工作的首要人选是玛格丽特·拉姆齐j83B-aKjMsAm~CTd。
4. in spite of 尽管；不顾；虽然；
Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage.
尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过，国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她m|g8^e~8&,rj。